Button-display cabinet.



E. B. HAMMER.

BUTTON plSPLAY CABINET. APPLICATION FILED MAY 2. 1914.

Patented July 20, 1915.

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BUTTON DISPLAY CABINET.

APPLICATION m sn MAY 2, 1914.

1,147,235. Patented July 20, 1915.

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BUTTON-DISPLAY CABINET.

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Application filed May a, 19 4. Serial Nb. 835,937.

To all whom it may concern Beit knownthat I, EDWIN B. HAMMER,

a citizen of'the United States, residing at WVashington, in the countyof Washington and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Button- Display Cabinets, of which the following is i aspecification.

The object ofmy invention is to provide a cabinet which may be used tohold and display buttons or other like articles which are put up insalable form by being attached to cards.

A further object is to so construct the cabinet that the buttons ofvarious shapes and sizes can be displayed to the customers and acompartment is located adjacent each display point to contain a stock ofarticles displayed and to be readily accessible to the sales person.

With other objects in View, which will be referred to, my inventionconsists in the peculiar combination and novel arrangement of parts,such as will be hereinafter more fully described in connection with theaccompanying drawings and more particularly pointed out in the appendedclaim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in top plan with parts broken awaymore clearly to illustrate the structure of the cabinet. Fig. 2 is aview in front elevation of one end of the cabinet. Fig. 3 is atransverse vertical sectional view through the cabinet.

The cabinet comprises a body portion 1 and a display section 2connectedwith the base of the body member on the front thereof. The body portioncomprises a rectangular case 3 having a bottom 4 and a cover 5 is hingedto one of the upper edges of this case 3 to close down and form thecomplete body portion. A partition 6 is secured in the case 3 at a pointabove the bottom 4 thereof and this bottom 4 is extended beyond thefront side of the case to form the bottom of the display portion 2, theend members of the display portion being sloped gradually on their upperedge from the level of the partition to the level of the front wall 8 ofthe display portion. A false bottom 9 is secured in the display portion2 of the cabinet and is'sloped to follow the slope of the upper edge ofthe end members 7 and a draw member 10 is received through an opening 11formed in the rear walls of the case 3 within the space below the parti-Specification of Letters Patent.

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tion 6. A cover 12 is hinged to swing down over and close the open topof the display section 2 and this cover is provided with a glass window13.

The'drawer 10, the space within. the case 3 above the partition 6, andthe tray formed in the display section 2 by the disposition of the falsebottom. 9 therein are substantially ofthe same longitudinal and transverse dimension. A plurality of square tubular or cell members open atboth ends are mounted within the case 3 to rest at their lower edgesuponi'the partition 6 andat' their sides to abut against each other andat their ends against the sides on the case 3,

similar cells or tubular members 15 of a longitudinal extent equal tothe depth of the drawer 10 are mounted therein in a like manner, andstill other tubular members 16 are similarly arranged in the trayprovided.

in the display section 2. It will be understood that these cells will beconnected one i with the other and with the sides of the members inwhich they are positioned and thus the structure when completed willpresent a plurality of compartments in the case 3 above the partition 6,in the drawer 10, and in the tray of the display section formed abovethe false bottom 9, all of which compartments will be of the samelongitudinal and transverse dimension.

The covers 5 and 12 are provided with rim portions 17 and 18 to closedown and make a substantially dust-proof connection, cases 19 areconnected between the bottom t of the body and the bottom of the drawermember 10 to prevent this drawer being withdrawn entirely from the bodyportion and to thus preclude possibility of the contents of the drawerbeing spilled, and tape loops 20 and 21 are provided on the drawer 10the cover 12 at such a position that these tapes may be grasped to movethe drawer and the cover to the desiredv position.

When the cabinet is in use a sample card of buttons or of the articlesto be displayed and of the type contained in each of the compartments ofthe drawer 10 can be placed in the' corresponding compartments of thedisplay section 2 to be visible through the transparent window 13, alsoin a like manner, a sample card of the goods conmeans, and in this Waythe customer is permitted to View a sample of each quality, size, orkind of goods contained in the several compartments and the stock of thegoods is contained in the cabinet to be kept fresh and clean and to bereadily accessible to the sales person, also it is indicated at a glancejust \vhigh compartment contains the goods desire While I have hereinshown and described one specific form of my invention, it Will beunderstood that slight changes might be made in the form and arrangementof the several parts comprised therein Without departing from the spiritand scope of my invention, and hence I do not Wish to be limited theretoexcept for such limitations as the claim may impart.

I claim A display cabinet comprising a body portion and a displayportion, a partition mounted in the body portion to extend parallel withthe bottom thereof, a 'draWer mounted in the body portion beneath thepartition, a cover to permit access to said body portion above thepartition, a cover to permit access to the display portion and providedWith a Window therethrough through Which the goods placed in the displayportion can be viewed, and a plurality of cellular members connectedWithin the drawer, the body portion above the partition and the displayportion and the adj acent cells thus placed secured together thusforming storage and display compartments.

In testimony whereof I afl'iX my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

EDWIN B. HAMMER.

Witnesses M. BEENBLOSSOM, J. A. MARSHALL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

